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Budget is something around 500 if possible. I am to find something and make a case for the purchase so if its more and for good reason i can probably get approval for it. Those Lenovo Thin Clients are neat little rigs. There are a lot of options to choose from and the fanless design is a huge bonus. The NUC has a fan in it and I think that was one of the failure points.

I am looking for any recommendations to buy or build a rig for a very specific purpose. It is a computer that will live in a dusty manufacturing environment and will be used for accessing web based content (office.com) and an SQL based ERP Time Card GUI. As everything is hosted either on the server in the building or on line there is a gigabit connection to the desk. So the only requirements are it needs a gigabit port and be able to drive 2 22" monitors. I had an early version of the intel NUC running this station up until recently when the M.2 drive packed it in. That system over all worked well but it could have been much better. See the picture for the desk it will end up on, it is the double stacked monitors on the far left of the desk. Any suggestions are welcome. I am not new to building systems so that is an option but I am looking for small form factor and maybe fanless because of the dust

I was cleaning the computer and I/O cabinet on a CNC lathe, took 4 days to disassemble everything and clean it all properly. When I went to turn it on I got the relay clunk and nothing else. I managed to bump the breaker switch with the vacuum hose. Hit that back on and everything worked great. This was done because an identical machine caught fire the week before because it hasn't been cleaned. Some dust bridged two 220 volt contacts and started the fire.

Hey everyone, first post here. So I have been inspired by two of the Linus Tech Tips video themes, the DIY computer case desk and Scrap Yard Wars. I am looking to build a table to put my k40 laser cutter on top of and have the driving computer built in to the desk itself. I am thinking of making the bottom of the case portion of the desk be on a hinge so it can open it from underneath and troubleshoot or upgrade parts as needed. I as well want to have the case desk be dual purpose and house the electronics that are for custom additions to the laser itself. The idea is to keep this as cheap as possible as i am not doing any 3D renders or anything with gaming physics calculations. I need to run 2 PSU's one for the computer and one for the laser itself. There will be a DIN rail for relays or a may go with salvaged relay housing from a car that is undecided. My issues where I need help are: -Desk materials, they need to insulate from the laser above so if there is an electrical short for any reason it doesn't fry the computer. What would be strong enough to hold up 80 - 90 pounds. -Cooling, how much of a head ache am I in for trying to fit two PSU's in to one box? -Making sure the parts all work together in the end from what I can scavenge together. Has anyone built anything like this?